Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 09:10:38 +0200
From: "Gatherer, D. (Derek)" <D.Gatherer@organon.nhe.akzonobel.nl>
Subject: RE: implied or inferred memes
To: "'memetics@mmu.ac.uk'" <memetics@mmu.ac.uk>
Warning: Pedant attack!!!
Jake:
genetic determinism (which is
currently the general position within sociobiology)
Pedant:
Actually you're a bit behind the times there Jake. I'd say the current
general position in 'sociobiology' is a Chomskian 'environment acquisition'
via a hypothesised innate 'cultural organ', as elaborated by Steven Pinker.
Indeed the word sociobiology has been replaced by the currently much
trendier 'evolutionary psychology'.
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